Record-holder for phonograph-cabinets



E. H. DOLMAN. RECORD HOLDER FOR PHONOGRAPH CABINETS- APFLICATION FILED MAY I0, 1920.

1,358,833. Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

EDGAR HARRY DOLMAN, 0F YARIVIOUTH TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RECORD-HOLDER FOR PHONOGR-APH-GABINETS.

Application filed May 10, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDGAR HARRY DOL- MAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a resident of the township of Yarmouth, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record-Holders for Phonograph-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in record holders for phonograph cabinets, and the objects of the invention are to provide an envelop or pocket adapted to embrace a sector of the record but leaving the title of the game uncovered, and pivotally mounting such envelope so that they may be swung inwardly or outwardly of the cabinet to a limited extent, to so construct the supporting member of the envelops that a positive stop will be provided to limit the movement of the envelop or pool-let, and generally to adapt the holders to better perform the functions required of them.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of a phonograph cabinet showing the improved record holder mounted therein.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the record holders as seen on the supporting rod, and showing the means for limiting the movement of the record holder.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a pair of record holders.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings; A represents a phonographcabinet of any usual description and B the improved record holder mounted therein. The record holder comprises an envelop or pocket 10 of arcuate shape so that it will embrace a sector of the record C, but leave the title D uncovered.

The record holder is provided with a peripheral lug 11 having an orifice 12 therethrough provided with a dove-tailed or like recess 13 and the orifice 12 rotatably en- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Serial No. 380,161.

gages with the rod 14 which extends transversely across the lower end of the cabinet A and is non-movably attached thereto.

The rod let is provided with a peripheral rib 15 which is located on the top of the said rod extending upwardly into the recess 13.

Each pocket is formedpn the outer edge withan extending lip 16 which may be engaged with the offset end 9 of the hand gripping member 8 and thus the pockets may be readily rotated outwardly from the cabinet.

When a cabinet equipped with a record holder of this description is in use, and the holders 10 have been filled with records they will, when not in use, and when the cabinet is closed, occupy a position shown by the full lines in Fig. 1. \Vhen a record is to be played the operator, after opening the cabinet, engages the lip 16 of the pocket with the hand gripping member 8, and transmits a pull to the record holder, which will thus rotate outwardly into the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The outward movement of the record holder 10 is limited by the end wall of the recess 13 engaging with the rib 15. The title of the records so exposed can now be read and if it is decided to play such record it is removed from the holder 10 and placed on the table of the machine.

Then a record has been replaced in its holder 10, the said holder is rotated inwardly into the cabinet and the opposite end walls of the recess 13 will limit the inward movement of the holder 10.

The holder is really of pocket formation comprising two side walls and a curvilinear peripheral wall and the pocket is such that the record will always be held while in the cabinet, in spaced relation so that they cannot frictionally engage and become worn by rubbing.

Moreover, the interior of the cabinet is advantageously utilized in this way and a preservation of the records assured.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many widely difi'erent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or'scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A record holder comprising a pocket adapted to embrace the sector of a record, a lug on the pocket having an orifice provided with a peripheral recess, and a non-rotartablerod having a rib on its upper Wall, the

rod engaging With the orifice and the rih 10 EDGAR HARE Y DOLMAN WVitnesses JENNIE P. BAILEY, A.'A. INGRAM. 

